Sunday with Chamu

Sunday is always a big challenge for us. Our helper is off on Sunday and we always have erratic schedules running around so much that Chamu cannot keep to his schedule. Take today for example, Jaime and I were out until 3am and we had a hard time falling asleep when we got home. So when we woke up at 7:30am, we both had only a couple hours of sleep. Of course me being the sleepy head in the family, I could not stay awake at all, so Jaime had to be the one minding Joaquin when I was napping mid-morning. By the time I got up again around 11am, we only had less than 30 minutes to get Joaquin fed and dressed before we were due at a birthday party.
It took us 40 minutes to get to Inspiration Lake which is located next to Disneyland Hong Kong. It's a very nice artificial lake with vast picnic areas with grass (quite a rare sight in urban Hong Kong). Unfortunately, Joaquin had the wrong start with grass, he did a face plant when he tried to sit up on the sloped grass. The rest of the afternoon he was not happy and was clingy for some odd reason. Every time we tried to sit him down on the grass, he would start crying.By the time we returned to the HK island, we were both very hungry. Even though we didn't bring Joaquin's dinner, we were brave enough to think that he could wait until his parents finish their dinner first. Naturally we had to deal a very hungry and grumpy baby shrieking when his parents were trying to eat. We finally gave up and started giving him "adult food": wonton soup and steamed bun. Joaquin was so amazed by the taste of MSG, he kept shouting for more. He also liked the steamed bun so much that he kept stuffing his mouth with it. I guess this will be the last time that we put our hunger before Joaquin's.